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Bacterial culture miniaturization with the micro-Petri chip.

A recent publication has reported the fabrication of a new microbial culture device containing an array of unprecedented density - a million growth chambers. This micro-Petri chip should impact on various fields, including biotechnology, ecology, food microbiology and drug development, by enabling high-throughput screens and therefore the detection of rare phenotypes within a large population of microorganisms.

Publication Date: 2008 Jul PMID: 18453020
Authors: Gefen, O. - Balaban, N. Q.
Journal: Trends Biotechnol